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11. SEBTS Chapel - Thomas Albert Bland January 27, 1988

Description:
Thomas Albert Bland was Professor of Christian Ethics and Sociology at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. The service begins with organ music (0:00-6:26). There is a Scripture reading (6:27-6:52). There is a congregational hymn (6:53-10:27). Prayer concerns are shared and there is a moment of prayer (10:28-13:39). The choir sings a song of worship (13:40-17:23). Bland reads from Romans 1 (17:24-21:20). Bland invites the congregation to look back on their lives and consider why they are at Southeastern and why they have a readiness to preach (21:21-23:33). Bland shared why Paul was excited to share the good news and that it should be the same for everyone (23:34-36:03). Bland closes the service in a moment of prayer (36:04-37:10).
Subject:
Preaching and Bible. Romans
Creator:
Bland, Thomas A. and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
Owner:
archives@sebts.edu
Location:
Wake Forest (N.C.)
Language:
English
Date Uploaded:
02/12/2026
Date Modified:
02/13/2026
Date Created:
1988-01-27
Resource Type:
Audio
Identifier:
SEBTS_Chapel_Thomas_Albert_Bland_1988-01-27

12. SEBTS Chapel - Thomas Albert Bland January 29, 1987

Description:
Thomas Albert Bland was the Professor of Christian Ethics and Sociology at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. The service begins with organ music (0:00-5:18). There is a Scripture reading and a moment of prayer (5:19-7:56). The choir sings a song of worship (7:57-10:08). There is a Scripture reading from Philippians 1 and context is given for the passage (10:09-12:00). Bland gives the context for the passage from Philippians (12:01-13:55). Bland shares that Paul desired to communicate the importance of love and knowledge, giving examples of practical use of knowledge, such as distinguishing between the real work of the church and institutional maintenance, and between ephemeral and the abiding (13:56-27:51). There is a benediction to conclude the service (27:52-28:25).
Subject:
Knowledge and learning, Bible. Philippians, and Love
Creator:
Bland, Thomas A. and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
Owner:
archives@sebts.edu
Location:
Wake Forest (N.C.)
Language:
English
Date Uploaded:
02/12/2026
Date Modified:
02/13/2026
Date Created:
1987-01-29
Resource Type:
Audio
Identifier:
SEBTS_Chapel_Thomas_Albert_Bland_1987-01-29

13. SEBTS Convocation - Thomas Albert Bland January 14, 1986

Description:
Thomas Albert Bland was the Professor of Christian Ethics and Sociology at Southeastern Seminary. The service begins with organ music (0:00-5:01). There is a moment of prayer (5:02-6:50). A welcome is given to the new students and professor (6:51-8:28). Thomas Bland is introduced as the chapel speaker (8:29-9:08). Dr. Morris Ashcraft presents the Midler Award in Systematic Theology to John M. Adams (9:09-10:15). Michael Hawn performs a song of worship (10:16-13:54). Bland reads Scripture from Galatians 5 (13:55-17:45). Bland speaks about being the freedom of being a bondslave of Jesus Christ (17:46-20:18). He explains the freedom to which Christians are called is both a gift and a task which we must obey (20:19-32:29). Bland speaks about the “frightened and fragmented world” in which Christians live with the hope of the freedom of Christ (32:30-34:24). The service closes in a moment of prayer (34:41).
Subject:
Son of God and Flesh (Theology)
Creator:
Bland, Thomas A. and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
Owner:
archives@sebts.edu
Location:
Wake Forest (N.C.)
Language:
English
Date Uploaded:
02/12/2026
Date Modified:
02/13/2026
Date Created:
1986-01-14
Resource Type:
Audio
Identifier:
SEBTS_Convocation_Thomas_Albert_Bland_1986-01-14

14. SEBTS Commencement - Thomas Albert Bland December 17, 1983

Description:
Thomas Albert Bland was Professor of Christian Ethics and Sociology. The service begins with a word of prayer and the singing of the doxology (0:00:00-0:01:47). Two speakers deliver the Scripture readings from Isaiah 6 and Acts 26 (0:01:48-0:12:33). President Randall Lolley welcomes all the guest to commencement, and he recognizes two international guests who have come to see their children graduate (0:12:33-0:15:51). Wayne Brown, representative of the senior class, announces the endowment of a fund to help and support students with physical handicaps in honor of Wes Williams, a former student (0:15:52-0:17:25). Thomas Albert Bland is introduced as the commencement speaker (0:17:26-0:17:52). Bland’s commencement address is about God’s call and its relation to missions and ministry, and he challenges the graduate to be faithful to Christ and to the gospel (0:17:53-0:30:44). Lolley recognizes the friends and relatives of the graduates, and he announces the conferment of the degrees (0:30:44-0:32:06). The Associate of Divinity degrees are conferred (0:32:07-0:34:17). The Master of Religious Education degrees are conferred (0:34:18-0:36:21). The Master of Divinity degrees are conferred (0:36:22-0:52:13). The Master of Theology degrees are conferred (0:52:14-0:54:39). The Doctor of Ministry degrees are conferred (0:54:40-0:59:14). The service ends with a word of prayer (0:59:15-1:01:41).
Subject:
Commencement ceremonies, Church work, and Student aid
Creator:
Bland, Thomas A. and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
Owner:
archives@sebts.edu
Location:
Wake Forest (N.C.)
Language:
English
Date Uploaded:
02/12/2026
Date Modified:
02/13/2026
Date Created:
1983-12-17
Resource Type:
Audio
Identifier:
SEBTS_Commencement_Thomas_Albert_Bland_1983-12-17

15. SEBTS Chapel - Thomas Albert Bland October 27, 1981

Description:
Thomas Albert Bland was Professor of Christian Ethics and Sociology. The service begins with a liturgical reading, and the choir sings a song of worship (00:00-01:33). The speaker gives a word of prayer, and he reads Matthew 10:34-39 (01:34-04:53). The choir sings a song of worship (04:54-06:50). Bland sermon is about Christ as the one who comes to disturb our lives and uses the story of the grand inquisitor from The Brothers Karamazov as the illustration (06:51-24:27). Bland ends the service with a word of prayer (24:28-25:24).
Subject:
Incarnation in literature, Breach of the peace, and Inquisition in literature
Creator:
Bland, Thomas A. and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
Owner:
archives@sebts.edu
Location:
Wake Forest (N.C.)
Language:
English
Date Uploaded:
02/12/2026
Date Modified:
02/13/2026
Date Created:
1981-10-27
Resource Type:
Audio
Identifier:
SEBTS_Chapel_Thomas_Albert_Bland_1981-10-27

16. SEBTS Commencement - Thomas Albert Bland May 13, 1989

Description:
Thomas Albert Bland was Professor of Christian Ethics and Sociology.
Creator:
Bland, Thomas A. and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
Owner:
archives@sebts.edu
Location:
Wake Forest (N.C.)
Language:
English
Date Uploaded:
02/12/2026
Date Modified:
02/13/2026
Date Created:
1989-05-13
Resource Type:
Audio
Identifier:
SEBTS_Commencement_Thomas_Albert_Bland_1989-05-13

17. SEBTS Chapel - Thomas Albert Bland November 30, 1961

Description:
The service begins with the reading of Isaiah 1:18 (00:00-00:32) and prayer (00:33-02:44). There was no introduction for the speaker, Dr. Thomas Albert Bland, but he was Associate Professor of Christian Sociology and Ethics at SEBTS. He begins his message by reading Luke 11:1 and emphasizing that we can learn much about prayer from observing the example of Jesus as a man of prayer (02:45-06:29). We can also learn something about the nature of, and motivation for, prayer when we look at Jesus’s record (06:30-12:06). Jesus assumed that one who comes to the Father in prayer is free, but this freedom is a responsible freedom in the provident Heavenly Father (12:07-13:06). We must also learn the content of prayer from Jesus’s sample prayer (13:07-19:24). He ends his time in prayer (19:25-19:44), and the service ends with singing (19:45-21:04).
Subject:
Prayer
Creator:
Bland, Thomas A. and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
Owner:
archives@sebts.edu
Location:
Wake Forest (N.C.)
Language:
English
Date Uploaded:
02/12/2026
Date Modified:
02/13/2026
Date Created:
1961-11-30
Resource Type:
Audio
Identifier:
SEBTS_Chapel_Thomas_Albert_Bland_1961-11-30

18. SEBTS Chapel - Thomas Albert Bland April 17, 1968

Description:
The service starts with a word of prayer from 0:00-0:55. Dr. Bland preaches from 1:14-25:04. His source text is found in Genesis 4:1-8. Bland touches on the segregationist culture of the town of Wake Forest and condemns that dark piece of town history. Bland preaches on how everyone is affected by sin and on the changing and saving power of Jesus.
Subject:
Bible. Genesis 4 and Bible. Genesis
Creator:
Bland, Thomas A. and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
Owner:
archives@sebts.edu
Location:
Wake Forest (N.C.)
Language:
English
Date Uploaded:
02/12/2026
Date Modified:
02/13/2026
Date Created:
1968-04-17
Resource Type:
Audio
Identifier:
SEBTS_Chapel_Thomas_Albert_Bland_1968-04-17

19. SEBTS Chapel - Thomas Albert Bland February 10, 1961

Description:
The service begins with the reading of Isaiah 55:1-2 (00:00-00:38), prayer (00:47-03:37), and the reading of 2 Peter 1:1-11 (03:48-06:00). No introduction was given for Thomas Albert Bland, but he was Associate Professor of Christian Sociology and Ethics. He begins by talking about the importance of the “frontier” in American history, taking note of the race for space but placing importance on the frontier of the inner man (06:01-08:13). Bland says that Peter, in this text, focuses on Faith’s Frontier, identifying seven qualities of life which are to be added to one’s faith; he was not academic but practical, having been personally impacted by the life and ministry of Jesus Christ (08:14-11:37). Bland then continues walking through the list mentioned in the text one item at a time, building upon the foundation of faith. He notes that faith and knowledge go together, so long as knowledge has self-control so that it does not puff one up in conceit (11:38-19:06). He ends his time in prayer (19:07-19:46).
Subject:
Faith and Christian life
Creator:
Bland, Thomas A. and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
Owner:
archives@sebts.edu
Location:
Wake Forest (N.C.)
Language:
English
Date Uploaded:
02/12/2026
Date Modified:
02/13/2026
Date Created:
1961-02-10
Resource Type:
Audio
Identifier:
SEBTS_Chapel_Thomas_Albert_Bland_1961-02-10

20. SEBTS Chapel - Thomas Albert Bland September 23, 1960

Description:
After a poem, and a prayer (start-3:40), Thomas Albert Bland, Associate Professor of Christian Sociology and Ethics, talks about the confession of faith, “Jesus is Lord.”
Creator:
Bland, Thomas A. and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
Owner:
archives@sebts.edu
Location:
Wake Forest (N.C.)
Language:
English
Date Uploaded:
02/12/2026
Date Modified:
02/13/2026
Date Created:
1960-09-23
Resource Type:
Audio
Identifier:
SEBTS_Chapel_Thomas_Albert_Bland_1960-09-23